UK general elections › 2015 › Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Sittingbourne and Sheppey — 2015
Gordon Henderson (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,425 votes— 49.5% of 49,378 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,378
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Henderson | Conservative Party | 24,425 | 49.5% | −0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Palmer | UK Independence Party | 12,257 | 24.8% | — | |
| 3 | Guy Nicholson | Labour Party | 9,673 | 19.6% | — | |
| 4 | Keith Nevols | Liberal Democrats | 1,563 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Gary Miller | Green Party | 1,185 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Mike Young | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 275 | 0.6% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.